15^th Mar 2019

A landlord has just won his slander allegation against Doncaster Council when it agreed to pay him £100,000.

The landlord Rod Bloor had previously enjoyed a good working relationship with the council, when he had owned 100 properties in the borough, by agreeing to house vulnerable people when asked to by the authority.

The relationship went steadily downhill when the landlord managed to win an appeal over council tax payments; this was after changes were made to housing benefit regulations.

The landlord stated that the council had started a slander campaign against him with untruthful remarks about his insincere attitude towards vulnerable people hoping to rent his properties.

Due to the fallout between the landlord and the council over the slander allegation which the council denied of course, Bloor said he has spent more than £200,000 on legal costs.

The council stopped the slander case going to court just before the hearing after agreeing to pay Bloor £100,000 towards his costs, and by issuing a statement confirming the landlord's honesty.

The council's statement read: "DMBC (Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council) is able to confirm that any allegation Mr Bloor was untrustworthy, dishonest or had fabricated documents, would be false. DMBC and Mr Bloor are pleased to confirm that this action has now been concluded to the satisfaction of both parties."

Doncaster Council’s director of corporate resources, Debbie Hogg, commented: "Mr Bloor issued High Court proceedings against the council which we have defended. As a result, unnecessary court costs have been incurred.

"At the eleventh-hour Mr Bloor decided to withdraw his claim, as confirmed by the court, which underlines our view that this case was not substantiated and has now been concluded."

After the out of court agreement was reached, Bloor said: "I’m elated in the respect that my name has been cleared", he has since reduced his number of properties to 60.


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